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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Sunday, 28 June 2009

Shining Tor from the Errwood Reservoir 28th June 2009

The sad remains of Errwood Hall. Sue Powell "racing" along the Errwood Hall to Pym Chair Path.
Inside the shrine on the Errwood Hall to Pym Chair Path.

Walk stats:Distance:8.2 miles; Climb:1115'.
Time:4 hours 2 minutes; On the move walking average:2.4 m.p.h.;Overall walk average:2.0 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn and Sue Powell.
This turned out to be a little more than just an afternoon stroll. Route finding was easy, but the section around Errwood Hall to the Pym Chair Path caught us out, but not for long! The ridge from Pym Chair to Shining Tor is always good, with impressive views in all directions, especially towards Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill, but today we had the added bonus of first hearing and then seeing a Golden Plover in full breeding plumage.
Other birds seen or heard today included:Willow warbler, Chaffinch, Meadow pipit, Kestrel, Pheasant, Swift and Skylark.
Overall this was a lovely walk and the path from Errwood Hall to Pym Chair was a really good way of gaining height from the Reservoir to Pym Chair, and seemed to demand much less effort and was far more pleasant than had we just taken the path running parallel to the road from the Street car park to Pym Chair .


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